Brassiere



0t.21 1941. L M CLERMONT 2,259,617

BRAssIRE Filed Deo. 16, 1939 Zaadz?. le/'Wvg Patented Oct. 21, 1941 UNITED STATES "PATENT OFFICEA Lena M. Olerilsllington, D. C#

Application Deeember 1s, 1939, serial Ne. 309,665 1 claim. (01. 2 4

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in womens under-garments, and more particularly to a brassire.

One of the objects of the present invention is to produce a brassire that will hold in the diaphragm and hold up the breasts and thus prevent them from sagging on the diaphragm.

A further object of the invention is to produce a brassire that will tightly snug the diaphragm of the wearer, prevent the breasts from sagging, and give the effect of what is known as a wasplike waist.

Another object of the invention is to provide a brassire that extends below the breasts and engages and pulls in the diaphragm to thus produce a wasp-like waist and at the same time cups the breasts to produce what is known as the uplift" feature.

Still another object of the invention is to produce a brassire that is reinforced centrally in the front with stays to assist in holding in the diaphragm, prevent the brassire from wrinkling, and at the same time hold the breasts firmly in position above the diaphragm.

Still another object of the invention is to produce a brassire that is relatively simple to make, as the parts may be quickly assembled and sewed by a skilled operator o-n a sewing machine.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a brassire, the ends of which at the back of the wearer are provided with adjustable holding means while the front of the brassire is provided with stays and the usual corset fastening, so that after the brassire is once adjusted to the body to firmly hold in the diaphragm and cup the breasts, the brassire may be fastened and unfastened from the front' of the wearer, thus simplifying the action of putting on and taking off the brassire.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain new and novel features and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully explained and pointed out in the claim.

In the drawing,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my new garment as it would appear on the form;

Fig. 2 is a rear view of the brassire as opened up for purposes of illustration; and

Fig. 3 is a section along the lower marginal u may be made of any light, strong, durable cloth,

and when in its open position' comprises the base orV body I, which is' relatively wide and is adapted'to encircle the diaphragm of the wearer to pull the same in to give the Waist of the wearer l a wasp-like effect. `This body portion is made of two like sections 2 and 3 wlhile the ends 4 and 5 extend around to the back of the wearer and are provided with buckles 6 and straps 1, so that the circumference of the girdle may be adjusted within certain'limits. Of course, theV brassiregwill also be made in different sizes.

On th'einner adjacent ends of the sections 2 and 3 are provided the cooperating stays 8, which are provided with the usual cooperating hooks and studs S. Tinus, after the length of the brassire is once regulated, the brassire thereafter is to be fastened or unfastened by simply moving the stays slightly with relation to each other, so that the studs become engaged or disengaged from the eyes in the usual manner.

It will be noticed that the lower marginal edge I0 of the brassire when opened up extends in a substantially horizontal line and will extend just below the chest or diaphragm of the wearer The upper marginal edges of the brassire extend in va slightly curved line toward the center, as shown at II and I2', respectively, the greatest depth of the brassire being the points just slightly remote from the vertical stays centrally of the garment or, in other words, about centrally of the breasts. Each section (and a description of one is a description of the other) is also provided with a pleat I3, which tends to gather the material of the body section below the upper marginal edge and the stitching I3 of the pleat extends up to the points I4 to form the resultant gores I5 to thus provide a looseness of material, as illus- Y trated, as it is this looseness of material plus additional pieces that form the pockets for the breasts.

There is also an overlap and line of stitching, as at I6, which occur under the arms when the garment is on the wearer, so that the whole garment will smoothly throughout its width tightly snug the diaphragm of the wearer.

Referring to the section 2 (and it will be remembered that a description of one section is a description of the other), there may be seen the additional piece of material I8, which is stitched along its base I9 directly above the gores I5, while extending from the apex of this triangular additional piece of material may be seen the strap 20, which fastens to the upper marginal edge of the section 2, as at 2|.

This piece is duplicated as heretofore mencompress transversely when used but by provid-,f1

ing the pleats and stays, this is prevented in the present garment.

Furthermore, by having the body portionwof the brassire relatively tight around th` diaphragm of the wearer and prevented irr sag'l ging, the cup portions on the marginal edge willhold the breasts from sagging, While the additional pieces wiil also covert the breasts.4 Their tlie garment as a whore further preveritedifromi sagging 'by the' shoulder straps, which are fas-l tened as shwzr to' the back-l of trie' garment;

From tlie faite'goirig-,` it will be se'ir that I have provided a' relatively wide brassire that may be pulled tightly about the diaphragm o`f the wearer' to thus' give the appearance of a sn'all waist. I have also provided means to' prevent a folding or wrinkiin'g f tire garment when on the w'e'rarer1V so that the breastsniay'b'e Well'- supported in the' upper marginal edges of this tight-fitting diaphragmencirclmg brassire Also it win be' seen triatthe brassire is one that nay be readily man'ufactr'red, as after the piecesY areonee' cutto shap'fthfe pleats are quickly stitched and the gores formed above the stitching, after which the two additional triangular portions may be stitched in place and then the straps and buckles, etc. readily attached. Of course, the edges are bound to also strengthen the garment and provide a finishing appearance.

Many slight changes are possible in the construction hereinbefore set forth without in any manner departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A brassire comprising a body portion of relafb tively great depth but adapted to terminate about the body of the wearer above the waist line, said body portion comprising two similar iairipbrtio'iis and two similar triangular upper portions, each of said upper triangular portions attached to a main portion along a transverse lineL substantially centrally of the breasts of a wearer, stiffening. r'neans along the front vertical edges of said main portions carrying fasteners for detachably securing said mainpo'i'tions, the upper endsI f said stifferiing means terminating at the upper marginal edges of said main por tions, each of said main portions having pleatsl eachorwhich extends parallel to said st'iiening means, the lower portion of sai-d pleats being closed by stitching and the upper portion beirigopen to provide a fullness below said transverse line, shoulder straps secured to the apices of saidtr'iangular portions and said main portions and means for fastening' together thev rear edges o said main portions.

LENA M. CLERMONT. 

